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IMPROVED FLY-NET.

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Be it known that we, LDTHER'B. LEE and GEORGE W. LEE, of Jerusalem, in the county of Queens, and

Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Fly-Net, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of thc whereby, with the same amount of stock, a net is made more durable and to ha same, wherein we have set forth the nature and principles of our said improvements,

may be distinguishedpfrom all others of a similar. class,

secured to us by Letters Patent. 4

This inventionrelatcs to a new and useful im by which our invention together with such parts as we claim, and dcsireto have provement in the construction of leather ily-nets for horses',

l ve a lighter appearance than usual. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 represents a horizontal section,'looking upward, of a portion of Ya fly-nettakcn in the lino :v x, fig. 2.

' Figure 2, a side view of a portion of thc same.

Figure 3, a side viewof a portion of ally-net of ordinary construction.

Similar letters o f reference indicate like parts.

Our improved ily-net is constructed of horizontal leather strips, A, through which strands, B, pass. These strands are constructed of strips'of leather. made round or of cylindrical form, and are quite thin or light. The horizontal strips A are flat, and instead of having their edges upright, are placed horizontally, so that when the net is adjusted on the horse the inner edges of the strips A will be in contact with the former, and the strands B pass directly through the flat sides of th'c strips, say five times," as shown in g. 2. The strands must pass through the strips an odd number of times, in the manner of a lacing, three, five, or seven, and it is designed to have the lo-wcr part of one strand below the strips, in line, or nearly so, with thc upper part of the strand next adjoining, above the strips. By this means the strands are nmdc to have a uniform appearance, and the number of times the strands are passed through the strips prevent thc former from slipping in the lat-tel'. The horizontal' cdgewise position of the strips A gives thc net a very light appearance. The usual plan is to -have the strips A placed in a vertical position, edgcwisc with the strands B, passing through the sides of the same, which causes the strands to have a. quick bend, and to wear and cbafo at the sides of the strips, which causes them to break off at that point after being used a very short time, (see fig. Our invention full-y obviates that di'iculty. I

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentleather ily-net, having i-ts horizontaler longitudinal strips A placed cdgcwise, with the strands B passing directly through the same a plurality of times in the manner of a lacing, and in a vertical direction, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose herein set forth.

LUTHER .13. LEE, GEORGE W. LEE.

Wi tnesses WM.- F. MeNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

